Inside Canva: Coaches Not Managers, Giving Away Your Legos, and Running Profitably | Cameron Adams (Co-Founder And…
Insights from Brian Chesky (founder of Airbnb) podcast with Lenny Rachitsky:
A lot of companies don't do product marketing, they do brand marketing, which are ads about the app, or they do performance marketing, but they're never really educating people about new things they're making and shipping. And because no one's marketing new things that are
Meta organizational values:-Eat your own dog food – use the products that you create-Move fast (with stable infrastructure) – focus on a continuously improving process that promotes productivity & innovation-Long term impact – evaluate progress over performance-Build awesome things – build things with a perfect balance of inspiration and substa... See more
Mark Zuckerberg • The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Mark Zuckerberg on Long-Term Strategy, Business and Parenting Principles, Personal Energy Management, Building the Metaverse, Seeking Awe, the Role of Religion, Solving Deep Technical Challenges (e.g., AR), and More (#582)
Great thing about starting your own company that you can design the way you want it.
Too many founders or companies fall in this trap following established playbooks or bring processes from other places. People also say that “it doesn’t work” or “it won’t scale”, which my response is well have you tried it? Have you tried to make it work?
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So, while their mission was, and still is, “to make it possible for everyone to shape the tools that shape their lives” by building LEGO-style software — they focused on a different approach to getting there.